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Trashcan vs Dumpster - What's the difference?

trashcan | dumpster |

As nouns the difference between trashcan and dumpster

is that trashcan is while dumpster is (us) a large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

trashcan

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • dumpster

    English

    (wikipedia dumpster)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

    • Synonyms

    *skip (UK, Australia (not a perfect synonym, but similar))